Buzz and top



(No Model.)

A. E. GARRISON BUZZ AND TOP.

No. 249,922. Patented Nov. 22,1881.

UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

ABRAM E. GARRISON, OF WYANDOTTE, KANSAS.

BUZZ AND TOP.

SPECIFICATION fornfing part of Letters Patent No. 249,922, dated November 22, 1881.

Application filed October 4, 1881.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, ABRAM E. GARRISON, a citizen of the United States, residing at Wyandotte, in the county of Wyandotte and State of Kansas, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Buzzes and Tops; and I do hereby declare the following to be a full, clear, and exact description of the invention, such as will enable others skilled in the art to which it appertains to make and use the same, reference being had to the accompanying drawings, and to letters or figures of reference marked thereon, which form a part of this specification.

This invention has for its object to furnish an improved whirling toy; and it consists in an annular lip or flange surrounding the airopening into the hollow cylindrical case, and in other improvements, all of which will he hereinafter fully set forth.

In the drawings, Figure l is a perspective, Fig. 2 a side elevation, and Fig. 3 is a vertical section on line as m, Fig. 2, of a revolving buzz having my improvements applied thereto. Fig. 4 is a twirling buzz, and Fig. 5 an ordinary top having my improvements thereon.

a is a hollow cylindrical casing, having its ends closed and provided with a hollow axial tube, a, open at both ends. The ends of the tube a are shaped rectangular, or nearly rectangular, so as to receive and hold angular plugs (o The plugs a are provided on opposite sides with slight depressions or grooves, forming seats for the operating-cords b b. The cords b b are passed through the hollow axis a, and the plugs a are passed between them and into the ends of said axis, as shown in Fig. 1. This arrangement holds the cords securely and keeps them separated, so that the necessary leverage is obtained to give to the casing a its rotary motion,the same as in the ordinary disk-buzz. The axial tube is joined airtight at its ends'to the casing a.

c c are two air-openings, formed through the periphery of the casing 0. These openings are not placed diametrically opposite, but on radii standing at an angle to each other. It is necessary to place them thus, as when diametrically opposite the direct counteracting effect of the air prevents the whistling or buzzing (No model.)

noise which when otherwise arranged is produeed.

d. is an annular lip or flange placed around the openings 0 c, and projecting outward far enough to provide a tubular passage into the openings 0 c. When the device is made to revolve rapidly the air rushes over the sharp projecting edge of the annular lip and gives a buzzing or whistling sound, very similar to the sound produced by blowing with the month over the open end of an ordinary barrel-key.

In Fig. at I show the device converted into a twirling buzz. An eye or loop, a is provided and fixed on the periphery opposite to and so that it will be on the end of adiametric line that would cut midway between the openings c c. To the loop or eye a may be attached the cord a which is loo ed over the rooved end of a handle, a

Fig. 5 shows the improvements applied to a top.

I am aware that tops,buzzes,and other toys have been provided with openings for giving out a buzzing or whistling noise, and I-do not claim, broadly, such device as my invention.

Having thus described my invention, what I claim, and desire to secure by Letters Patent, 1s-

1. A rotating or twirling toy composed of a hollow casing, a, provided with peripheral openings 0, the annular lip or flange 0?, surrounding the openings and projecting outward and forming a tubular passage into the casing, substantially as set forth.

2. The hollow casing a, provided with peripheral openings for giving out a buzzing or whistling noise, and having a central or axial tube, a, open and made angular at its ends, the plugs a titted to the angular ends of the axial. tube, and the cords b b, substantially as set forth.

In testimony whereof I affix my signature, in presence of two witnesses, on this 13th day of September, 1881.

ABRAM E. GARRISON.

Witnesses:

J. S. STOCKTON, J OHN GALBREATH. 

